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Tales of Courage

Little Generosity Goes a Long Way

Raju, all but 8, a child along with many of his cousins, battles many evils and ills every day. He struggles to free himself from the clutches of poverty, flees from the perils of unhygienic food, and dreams of liberating education. They all are but children, OUR FUTURE and it shan’t be so DISMAL.

They might not have the treasured memories of the past, but not unlike most of us, can have the promise of creating a prized future.
At Annadata, we are helping the likes of RAJU, to have a significantly bigger footprint in the future.
Help us, Help HIM, shape OUR FUTURE!

The greatest strength, lies not where fear treads

Indra is a Gypsy, more commonly known as a Banjara. She comes across as a housewife with a routine life set for herself. But a prolonged interaction with Indra revealed what life is to her and how she has been braving the hurdles all by herself.

She runs the house, earns the bread, raises her children, and manages the daily household chores with little or no support. Despite being uneducated, her spirit to survive and that too with dignity is commendable. She had started selling handicrafts to make both ends meet, and then the Pandemic happened.

The Pandemic hit her as devastatingly as it had hit the world.

People hardly moved about in the markets, and Nobody bought from here anymore. As a result, her world came to a standstill.

Her struggles with her finances and the guilt of not feeding her kids are staggeringly overwhelming.

With no savings and no support from any corner can crumple the most stoic of all, and here she is with her undaunting spirit to brave it.

Help us HELP the likes of Her to get back on her feet.

Your support would be much appreciated!

dreams outlast the dying eyes

Mamta is blessed with a beautiful girl child. But, unfortunately, the opportunities are not favourable to help her raise her child with dignity. Furthermore, she is battling her husband’s mental illness making it all the more difficult.

Mamta has been a woman who has never gone to a store to buy groceries in her life and has always been relying on the food and clothes received from her neighbours, who are kind enough to help her out.

Even her willingness to work under the government’s labour employment schemes does not provide her solution, for she has to leave her little one alone with no safety or security.

Running out of toilet paper exhausts us, and here is this woman with no access to washrooms, hygiene and safety. So to help her, we have decided to provide Mamta with the necessary grocery supplies every month and send her daughter to a school.

Contribute to help ladies like MAMTA!

crafting LIFE or livelihood

As we made past an iron mesh gate into the house, it dawns on us that it is so flimsy that it offers no security. It can only prevent some rebel plant leaves from flying in.

We were there to meet a man who had just lost his young son to an accident. The accident scarred the family, and the man’s daughter-in-law lost control of her mental state. Jhuma Ram is now distraught with grief and worries. Left with 3 grandchildren, a mentally disturbed daughter-in-law, and a broken wife, his life has come to a standstill.

But, even before the ashes of his son’s body could touch the ground, he had to start thinking about making money to feed his family of 6, including him.

Jhuma Ram presently runs the household through his manufacturing unit, making his bread and butter by crafting earthen pitchers and clay pots, a too tedious of a task for hands ridden with gnarly arthritis.

Pottery is all that he knows, and maybe he is the last man left who uses the technique of making pots and other ceramic items involving a conventional style of using his bare hands and a wooden wheel.

We have decided to support Jhuma Ram so that his wheel of life keeps moving.

Please help us HELP the likes of Jhuma Ram!

Too late to ask

Four Kids – Yuvraj, Anand, Mumal, and Veera live a life where they lost their father, and the only man left in the family is their Grandfather, who is 90 years old and has no job or business to feed the family.

The kids have felt the weight of their loss. It’s hard to ask for anything when there is no one left in charge but themselves, and they can’t rely on anyone else either because it might jeopardize what little food or shelter these families receive from Grandfather who barely works anymore due to his age. The lives are tough; living under shoddy roofs that often detach during strong winds with only 7 people each trying their best just isn’t right!

Yuvraj and his siblings can’t ask for school, new clothes, toys, or any joy which every kid deserves.

Yuvraj says, “I understand the situation, but my brother and sister often ask me these questions, “why can’t we ride a bicycle or go to school or get new clothes”, “why can’t we buy candies like other kids, why don’t we have access to clean water” etc. He says that he tries his best to avoid answering them as much for their sake because it’s hard on the younger ones when adults don’t always have answers right away or can’t provide comfort at times like these in where things feel out-of-reach due to economic conditions. So there are no set rules about how you should behave during such trying moments of uncertainty which leaves children feeling even more lost than ever before without guidance

We are trying to avoid such questions for Yuvraj.

Please share your support to help us help kids like Yuvraj!

Pooja's never-ending struggle

Sweet 16 is not as dear for everyone. People like Pooja, who should enjoy life and explore new things but instead she works long hours in the labour force to make her bread and butter; sacrificing everything from dreams to aspirations because of this need–to provide enough food on table day after tomorrow

She doesn’t go out but stays at home with two little kids all by herself just so they can study well enough when school resumes next year. This hard-working girl makes 150 rupees per day which isn’t eeven worth all that time put into it by any means! Her dreams are forgotten; only caring about feeding family members comes first now because they need food more than anything else.

Pooja’s life has been one of constant struggle. She is a hard-working and determined young woman who dreams about the day she can follow her passion, but that hope seems increasingly distant as poverty takes its toll on an education in vocational skill development for women like herself.

For example, Pooja says, “I want to learn to make solar panels. I had heard about it from some people when I was travelling to a nearby town to buy groceries. I wish I could learn that, but that requires a lot of money that I can’t afford.”

Help this resilient girl reach toward something better with your donation so Poojas’ dream doesn’t remain just another unattainable goal!

Durga is seeking

Durga is suffering from her family sorrows and is also struggling to feed her kids in the village. The village lies in the Thar desert with a scarcity of resources like clean water, education, food, or even a sustainable source of income. Durga has lost her husband and the hope for a better life. She narrates that when she came to know about her husband, she felt a significant loss and the distressing responsibility to raise her kids all by herself.

She is trying hard to find work and manage a livelihood for the family, but no education barriers pull her back every time she tries.
We have decided to make her a part of the Annadata programme where we adopt widows and supply them a monthly dose of groceries.
We would be glad if you could share your bit to help women like Durga.

Sohni's Worries

Sohni Devi lives in a hut with her husband and three kids. She is the sole earner of the household, and she manages everything from this to that. She is in constant worry about her mentally retarded husband and the future of her 3 innocent kids. She permanently lives with a constant fear of her husband leaving her in the middle of the night to the desert.

She says,” I have had a dream of an ideal life with the family, but since my husband lost consciousness, I am engulfed with the darkness of depression and worry of raising my kids; I always think about feeding them and making them attend their school.” We have decided to make her a part of the Annadata programme, where we help widows and supply them a monthly dose of groceries.
Help us to eliminate the worries of women like SOHNI.

Sharda's Tears & Fear

Sharda’s husband passed away a couple of years ago. Considering that she has no education or source of income, she finds it utterly difficult to make a living.
Her kids are expecting education and clothes, she is struggling to provide them with food and clean water.

Sharda says, “I don’t want anything. I don’t want a good life. I don’t understand what the word “good” means even. All I am looking for is a sustainable source of income to ensure a promising future for my kids.
We have decided to help women like Sharda, and your cooperation will be appreciated so much.

Amli's Loneliness

Amli lost everyone in her life. Her husband, her son, her dreams, and literally quite everything. She has been struggling throughout this time, and she finds it extremely hard to get back on her feet.
She is coping with mental distress due to irregular eating habits and food and clean water unavailability.

Every time someone pays her a visit, she hopes that her son and husband will return to her. Yet, it is still challenging for her to accept the situation.
To alleviate her sorrows, we have decided to help her out with the basic necessities of life. Your contribution is appreciated.

If given a choice, we all would have been ignorant of various social issues present around us. But we do not, considering that these matters affect us directly or indirectly in one way or the other. So often, we as a society tend to sideline the issues of the poor, the underprivileged. This happens majorly because we often do not directly suffer the consequences of the circumstances and also because we are too hard-pressed with the hustle-bustle of our daily lives.
It is about time that we start empathising with those who are not as fortunate as others in life and start helping them build a sustainable life. Your contribution is valuable to us. Remember, each penny counts. We believe that all it takes to support a cause is empathy for humankind and an intention to genuinely help people.